Potato-digger.



J. N. CHAMPAGNE.

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Witnesses x l Memor Attorneys separating ,devie UNITE-D srArEs PATENT oEEIeE. JOSEPH N. CHAMPGNE, 'or s'r.k cLorHiLiiE, QEE'ECQCAEADA, AssIeNoE r.ro JOSEPH Nomzisia'r` GEAMPAGNE, JR., or-sr. cLo'riiLnE, eANADA.

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Application led February 1?, Serial No. 678,358.

In order to moreelearly disclose the construction, operation and use of theiiivention, reference should be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of the present application.

Throughoutl the, seveialligures of the drawings like reference characters designate tliesame arts.

In the rawinffsgFigure 1 is a side elevation of thev mae iine, complete; and Fig. 2'

t rough between the bars 12 and the potatoes detail, 1 indientes a main supporting frame carried on wheels lixed to an axle 2,:journaled infsaid frame. .-To this axle iskeyeda driving'gear'y 3 adapted'to mesh with and drive a small pinion 11 fixed to a'transmission shaft 5 jour' is a top' plan view 'of the 'same.

Referring to the drawings in naled in tlieforward part of a supplemental frame G hinged to the main frameat-T. To the transmission shaft is keyed avbevel gear 8 adapted tomesli Awith and drive a second hevel gear 9 fixed t0 anopcrating shaftlO journaled longitudinally in the. supplemental frame. and having'kcyed toits rear end a separating device comprising' aring 11 and a plura ity of-radia ly projecting forwardly and. outwardly.extendingl spaced bars l2. As long asv the gearand pinion 4' are intcrmcshed-*rotation of tlielpsepaiating device will' result fromy forward; movement of the machine. -The separator isvada ted;4 to receivopotatoesand earth l'directly `rom the ieai",end of a scoop shaped, pomtcd, digf`j gngbla'de 13,',whiclci1kis' carried by the su i`1 pleinentall frame v 6 irectl in `front' oft Inffio'rdcrtito'flrend .th maciin his lever is fulcrumed in a curved or arched bar or plate 15 extending upwardly from the rear part of the frame 1 and carries a yoke 18 which is pivotally connected to it and has its opposite ends ournaled in the side meni bers of the su p emental frame. The opposite, or liand e end of this lever is adapted to be selectively sup orted on either of two hooks 17 projecting rom an upright or post 18 of the frame. When the lever 14 is supported on the up )er hook 17, the supplemental frame will e swung u wardll about its ivotal connections 7 an the r igging bla e 13 and separator will be carried with it, to inoperative osition. At the same time, the pinion 4 will be raised out of mesh with gear 3, thus disconnecting the driving mechanism. When the lever rests on the ,lower hookilas in Fig. 1, all parts will be returned-to t eir 'operative positions.

'As the earth and potatoes pass from the blade on to the inclined bars 12 they will be subjected toa combined tumbling und sifting o eration. The loosened earth will pass will taken spiral course from the point where the are received on the bars, toward the outer en( s thereof, being finally dropped 1n a more `.or less wide andirregular row at the side of the machine, asl indicated in Fig. 1.

It lis thought that the'eonstruction, opera- "t1on,'`and`use of the invention willbe clear -witliin this a plication wherein only a preferred forni `ias been disclosed.

Having thus fully described my iuventiim, what I- claim-as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

' r In combination, an axle, wheels mounted thereon keyed on the axle at one side of the main frame, a supplemental frame superimy"posed on the inau frame and hingcdly connectcdito'the upper facey thereof at its foramain frame mounted on said axle, a gear fwarclje nds,.a yo te mounted on the hack end "of 'th'eP-Inainifranie',.a second yokehaving its ends'pivotallymounted in both sides of the supplemental frame, n lever fulcrumed in the se nrating means carried bythe supplethe first mentioned yoke and ivotally conmenta frame. .l0

nected tothe last mentioned yo e, means for In witness whereof I have hereunto set maintaining the lever in n, raised or lowered my hand 1n the presence of two witnesses.

position, d1 ging means carried by the sup- JOSEPH N. CHAMPAGNE. plementul rame, se arating means carried Witnesses:

by the Supplemente frame directly behind ALBERT CONSTANT,

the digging means, and means for driving THEO. HEBERT.

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